Readers sound off on NYCHA, Louis C.K. and New York football

NYCHA Chairwoman Shola Olatoye walks with a police escort from 250 Broadway to 1 Centre Street to meet with NYC Public Advocate Letitia (Tish) James on November 16, 2017 in New York. Olatoye has come under fire allegedly lying about lead paint testing in NYCHA apartments. (Marcus Santos / New York Daily News)

Pick a category and the results are clear. How about apartment conditions? Repairs are being performed faster with new technology and infrastructure money is being spent more strategically to address the root causes of many issues. Finances? Despite being woefully underfunded, NYCHA has balanced its books for three years in a row.

Let’s talk about lead paint. True to her commitment to improve public housing, when Olatoye learned there was a problem with compliance, she spoke up and worked with HUD and federal prosecutors to find a solution. NYCHA will soon be brought into compliance and our kids will be safer — thanks to the current administration.

In fact, children in NYCHA developments are substantially less likely to suffer from lead poisoning than those in private housing.

Yet now, even though there is no real new information, the media and elected officials are using our children as an excuse to attack the current administration.

As a NYCHA resident for the past 55 years, and a mother and a grandmother, I am shocked and disturbed by the calls for Olatoye’s resignation. If elected officials succeed in calling for her resignation, they will have pushed out the one person in this city who is both willing and able to fix the Housing Authority.

Aixa Torres, Tenant Association president, Smith Houses

Louis C.K. doesn’t get a pass

Sarasota, Fla.: “Louis C.K. is a pervert, not a predator, and the difference matters” (Nov. 10) is a pathetic and arrogant attempt to whitewash the crime of lewd conduct and indecent exposure by a successful comic. The article reads as if author Ross Rosenfeld perhaps has a personal friendship or professional ties to Louis C.K. The power dynamics of a self-proclaimed “admired” comic making perverted requests to female comics who were not big names is never considered or discussed. Nor does he investigate the frequent reaction of freezing confusion and self-blame brought on by sexual abuse. Had Rosenfeld explored the emotional manipulation and damage of the situation or included insights from legitimate therapists who work with sexual abuse survivors, perhaps this would have been more than a kiss-ass puff piece. Yes, “Louis C.K. is a pervert.” Rosenfeld misses the point. Inappropriate sexual conduct such as indecent exposure is against the law, is a crime — granted it is not as horrific as rape, but it is still a crime. I sincerely hope the women subjected to his indecent exposure and lewd conduct file an official complaint and that charges are brought against Louis C.K. Kathleen Welin

More Republican lies

Manhattan: The stock market’s rise shows that corporations don’t need tax breaks. Everyone knows that any extra money they score will go to investors, not employees. Millionaires and billionaires are doing better than ever, wrapping their wealth in financial instruments that protect it from most taxes, including the estate tax that kicks in only after the first $5 million or so. But the Republicans insist that they must cut vital government services and gut the health care system in order to lower taxes on corporations and the wealthy, even though those (permanent) tax breaks will raise the deficit (unless they cut Medicare (. . . stay tuned). Meanwhile, the current administration has seriously weakened our environmental, educational, healthcare, diplomatic and even security structures, not to mention its taunt a nuclear-armed dictator. Why does anyone vote for Republicans? Carol Robinson

Hit the road

Brooklyn: Voicer Steven Davies: If you book a one-way ticket for the little commie, I will pay for it. The sooner we get rid of Melissa Mark-Viverito’s terrorist-loving butt, the better! Cathy Sheehan-Wilson

A real citizen

Yonkers: Re “Colin Kaepernick, named GQ magazine's citizen of the year” (Nov. 13): J.J. Watt raises $35 million for the people of Houston and Kaepernick is named citizen of the year. What a joke. If I had a subscription to GQ, I would cancel it. Mike McNally

Hush up

Bronx: To Voicer Nick Polimeni: You are not an African American man or woman, so please don’t comment on something you do not know. You are obviously what Colin Kaepernick has been protesting about, you racist troll. I’m a Navy vet, what about you? I served so that all Americans have the right to protest, including you. You don’t get why he’s doing the protesting, so please stick to what you know which is nothing! Andrea Bush

Knife the Mac

Plainview, L.I.: If the Giants fire Ben McAdoo, it will almost be “One giant step-down for a coach; one giant leap for his former team.” Roosters who want McAdoo fired are waking farmers up to the sound of “McADoodle-Doo.” The Giants should demand to play the Browns instead of the Chiefs this Sunday, in order to prove they can beat an 0-9 team. Janoris Jenkins is less of a “jackrabbit” and more of a “joke of a jerk” after saying he “just didn’t show up” for that practice and then virtually didn’t “show up” for the 31-21 loss. On TV’s “Good Times,” the “JJ” character’s catchphrase was “Dy-No-Mite", but the Giants’ “J.J.” is barely a dud of a firecracker. These Giants could finish the season with the Jets’ expected 1-15 record, and the Jets could finish with the Giants expected 10-6 record. Richard Siegelman

Jets downward spiral

Bohemian, L.I.: Being our Jets stink and are most-penalized team in the NFL shows how the coach has no control or respect of players. Why not give younger players a chance to also cost us games with more sub-pro play? It seems to be the coaches’ will to lose. Wake up, Mr. Johnson, the ship is going down. So are the sales of tickets. Soon tickets will be free to fill the stands. I would rather rake leaves than watch this team give games away! Steve Gandiosi

The next Jets’ QB. . .

Brimfield, Mass.: The Jets are 25th in total offense, 20th in points scored, 24th in passing offense and 20th in run offense (“Refuel the tank: Only way out of Jets mess is to get Sam Darnold, Josh Rosen or Josh Allen,” Nov. 13). In other words, they’re in the bottom third in every meaningful offensive statistical category. So why not start Bryce Petty? Manish Mehta made the perfect argument to start Petty. Maybe he gets them to the playoffs. McCown isn’t going to. About those three college quarterbacks always mentioned when it comes up who the Jets will draft. That was all good at the beginning on the college season but things change. Right now, Baker Mayfield and Mason Rudolph are the two top qb ds in the country. Darnold, Rosen, and Allen are not having good years to warrant them to be picked ahead of Mayfield and Rudolph. Please do some research instead of regurgitating the same three names since the start of the year. Frankly it’s getting old. Gerard Briggs

Build the rest of the team

Las Vegas: Quarterback is not the Jets’ issue. Sam Darnold, Josh Rosen or any other young quarterback will struggle behind that offensive line. The real answer is to rebuild the right way. Trade down a couple of times in the first round, say nine to 15, and 15 to 25. Accumulate four more picks. Use No. 2 for the best offensive tackle out there. Use the extra picks for some offensive difference makers at running back and wide receiver. For God’s sake, start Bryce Petty right after the bye week. It’s disgraceful that they draft two QBs and don't properly evaluate them before free agency and the draft. Tony Maglio

He’s OK!

Tempe, Ariz.: Any reason we do not hear Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield in any conversation for a franchise QB? Remember Joe Montana was not on anyone's radar except one head scout for the 49ers back in the day. The response from the head scout — Montana was a competitor. Mayfield is from the same mold. Tony Ficara

Baseball’s all-time rookie

Somerset, N.J.: The award for Baseball’s Rookie of the Year started in 1947 with Jackie Robinson. If it existed in 1936, Joe DiMaggio would have been another unanimous Yankee selection along with Aaron Judge. The Yankee Clipper batted .323 with 125 RBIs, 29 home runs and a league leading 15 triples. His totals would have been even higher but he only played in 138 games because he wasn’t brought up until May. Arthur Bressler